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Peer Responses Week 2

ENG 102 (MLA FORMAT)

Response #1 (Brooks):  The character of Emily Grierson is very much stuck in the past and holds on to it. She does not want to move on from her past and stays dependent on others. The town around her eventually evolved and changes while she stays static. Eventually, this town members do not hold her in high regard and demand that she has to pay taxes. The quote, “She had apparently forgotten the springs, too, for not a vestige of a collar about the neck, nor a trace of freshly pressed clothes, remained.” (William, 1930). This quote demonstrates how emily got lost in time and is not living in the present, but instead in the past. This point is also proven because of how William Faulkner wrote the story. Instead of looking from past the present, we jump all over the timeline in the story. 

    This can apply to everyone in some sorta way. For example, we all have a post that can affect our present actions and decisions. However, how much we carry our past with us impacts how much this affects us. A specific example of this is in my life is when my pet cat pasted away. I especially carry that with me the first month or so, affecting my every day decisions. For example, instead of going out as much as I normally did, I would purposely stay home. Events from our past definitely impact our present actions, almost subconsciously as well. For example, if someone had a bad past relationship, they potentially could carry some of that resentment into their present relationships. 

References 

Faulkner, Williams. “A Rose For Emily.” 1930 American Literature.  https://gmc.mrooms3.net/pluginfile.php/7815813/mod_resource/content/3/ENG102%20W2%20Faulkner%20-%20A%20Rose%20for%20Emily.pdf

Response #2 (GILMORE): William Faulkner wrote, “The past is never dead. It is not even past. Emily was a longtime traditional woman, who refused to grow, adapt, or welcome the younger generations in society. Faulkner gives Emily her rose because of all the things that she has endured throughout her life. Emily, raised by a selfish, controlling father, who deemed no man was good enough for Emily. She suffered from isolation and mental illness. One reference is that this story takes place during the “Old South” with Faulkner referring to Emily as a “fallen monument” at the time of her death.

 One example of Emily not being able to adapt to society and signs of mental illness is her not wanting to pay her taxes on behalf Colonel Sartoris, whom had been dead for 10 years. We can reference to her statement, “See Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson." This also lets me know that she came from a family of wealthy and upper-class southerners. Emily reminds me of an elderly person that does not want a smart phone. She was a woman that remain stuck in the past and refused to let go of old traditions for a better change.

 The way her father raised her had a monumental impact on her social life. She lost her beauty and the possibility of falling in love and having a family. Her struggle with loss and attachment is what drove her to kill Homer Barron, the man the town assumed married her. She poisons and kills Homer because she thinks it is the only way to keep him. Emily also has a descendant, Old Lady Wyatt, Emilys great aunt who also went insane.

 I think with this story, this is something that we see today. Like Emily, she comes from a wealthy family, so she used her social status to show arrogance and pride. Refusing to pay her taxes when the ways of the town were socially changing with new leadership, and it also indicated that she was going broke. Being married during this time is a “status” but Emily has a lot of baggage and before she lets love go, she will let love die, thus killing Homer and sleeping with his corpse for decades. Another point to make is that despite of all mental issues that took place with Emily, just as the townspeople knew and said nothing to get involved, so will today’s society do the same.

 References: 

Literature - Article - "A Rose for Emily" (openathens.net)

“A Rose for Emily” By: William Faulkner

HSE-302

Response #1 (JOHNATHAN): EOC personnel assist an incident commander in many ways. Specifically, they assist in six critical ways these are known as the critical needs. The critical needs are  situational awareness. This is accomplished through EOC personnel collecting and sharing essential information that provides a shared picture of the incident between all incident personnel. The second critical need is  policy direction. Policy direction is accomplished through the EOC identifying policy issues and communicating policy decisions of the MAC group to the incident commander. This critical need is particularly important when an incident involves the response of different jurisdictions with differing policies. The third critical need is  communication support. Communication support is accomplished by the EOC by resolving communication challenges through various means such as through communications resource requests or by communicating policy decisions of the MAC group to the incident commander. Similarly to the last critical need this critical need is especially important in incidents that are large, complex, or have multiple responding jurisdictions. The fourth critical need is  resources. The EOC assists the incident commander by understanding resource requests, acquiring the needed resources, and ensuring that the needed resources are delivered to the incident. Examples of resources that might be needed in an incident are people, teams, facilities equipment, and other supplies needed for the response to an incident. The fifth critical need is  strategic planning. Strategic planning is accomplished by the EOC focusing on long-term planning and thus helping the incident commander to focus on tactics. Lastly, the sixth critical need is  legal and financial support. Functions like legal advisement and financial or administrative support are able to be handled by the EOC therefore freeing on-scene personnel from these tasks and allowing them to focus more on the incident.  The critical need that I believe to be the most challenging to assist with is resources I believe this because in certain incidents such as weather events like hurricanes or earthquakes, the incident commander might need resources that are not available or able to get to the scene immediately due to various reasons such as blockages from a disaster. Therefore in those types of circumstances, the incident commander would have to think of other substitute resources that could assist in the response to a disaster instead. Additionally, there might be times when the resources needed cannot be substituted and therefore must be waited on for arrival at the scene of the incident thus making the response to whatever disaster is being dealt with that much more time intensive. however, the other critical needs all work together to eliminate the risk of situations like this occurring such as strategic planning for a disaster. 

Works Cited

IS-2200: Basic emergency operations center functions. Emergency Management Institute Redirect Page. (n.d.). https://emilms.fema.gov/is_2200/

Response #2 (DEMOND):  Of the six critical needs listed under the coordinated efforts of the Incident Command System and emergency operation centers, I will once again say that communication support is the most vital need that must be fulfilled before all others. Last week’s course material mentioned how EOCs function as hubs for tactics regarding collaboration, proper resource allocation, and accurate planning between multiple agencies and organizations, and this purpose is also briefly covered within the critical needs subsection (FEMA, n,d). Without the means to create lines of communication between interior and exterior entities, many aspects of the other needs begin to crumble. A lack of communication means that specific groups will acquire intelligence and information regarding an area of operation but fail to share it among others providing support as well. From here, planning, resource allocation, funding, and the chain of command fall apart, or fail to implement themselves efficiently (FEMA, n.d).

References

FEMA. (n.d.).  IS-2200: Basic emergency operations center functions. Emergency Management Institute Redirect Page. https://emilms.fema.gov/is_2200/# 

HSE-480

Response #1 (PAUL):  The US has been trying to promote democracy in the Middle East for 70+ years.  Have we made any progress and why is it so difficult for the US to accomplish its policy goals? 

Response #2 (HUDSON): There are many different national security concerns that apply to Egypt that also apply to many other countries. For starters there has been a history of concerns as it applies to Egypt such as in 1956 when Britian decided to wage war against Egypt. The whole ordeal was halted by the United States because of the large concern for United States national Security. There were many United States policies that were put into place toward Egypt because of such security interests. Egypt was also considered an area of strategic importance to the United States as well as the British Empire. The United States also saw Egypt as vey important when it came too military engagement in the Middle East and its importance in the event of a global war. There was a great concern as well that there might be a shift to a more Soviet orbit with the rise of Egypt nationalism. National Security concerns played a huge role and determined a lot of the United States behavior in the area with many different situations and especially when it came to the Suez crisis (Lesch, 2018). There have been many changes over the years when it came to concerns in the area. Concerns started with the United States being concerned about Britian waging war with Egypt and can be seen being moved to understanding the vital importance of the British base in the Suez Canal Zone. The concern of a Soviet shift that was mentioned earlier caused a new approach to a separated strategic and political interest within the area, over time the strategic importance of Egypt did diminish. Concerns in the area have changed over time along with the changing dynamics within the area. With security interests in mind there are many concerns within the area in today’s time such as counterterrorism and focusing on the need for regional and political stability in the area (Lesch, 2018). When it comes to the United States foreign policy with Iran there are no formal relations. After severed diplomatic relations in 1980 there has been no diplomatic relations since, Iran does not even have an embassy in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Department of State, 2022). When it comes to the Middle East the United States seeks to promote stability in the area as well as focus on counterterrorism efforts and increase the security of the United States.

 

Reference:

Lesch, D. W. (2018).  The Middle East and the United States (6th ed.). Taylor & Francis. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9780429950711

U.S. Department of State (2022).  U.S. relations with Iran. https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-iran/